HomeMy WebLinkAbout081026 - WSDOT News_ Two-month closure ahead on SR 116 in Jefferson County for fish barrier removal projectALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them.
Washington State Department of Transportation – NEWS
Olympic Region – P.O. Box 47440 – Olympia, WA 98504-7440 – 360-357-2600
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 10, 2026
Contact: Olympic Region Communications <mailto:orfeedback@wsdot.wa.gov> , 360-357-2600
Two-month closure ahead on SR 116 in Jefferson County for fish barrier removal project
PORT HADLOCK-IRONDALE – Travelers who use State Route 116 between SR 19/Rhody Drive and Chimacum Road/Irondale Road should prepare for an upcoming long-term closure and detour.
Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, SR 116 will close to all traffic around the clock between Shotwell Place and Chimacum Creek Drive <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com
%2Fwatch%3Fv=84jNPtr2-qI/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/YqUUkF8COT3R3vA2ZRPO7govpNXEeBjrEre_FGjIwBs=452> . The highway will remain closed through the
end of October. Signs will lead travelers <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdot.wa.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fmax_650x650%2Fpublic%2F2024-02%2F2024_0223b_ChimacumFish_
DetourMap.jpg%3Fitok=k-Qoa4us/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/DHKTTDlMqglDSo6sN01qUTh4ODP_dvV5Qln87nE6hZ0=452> around the closure.
The closure will allow contractor crews to remove and replace a culvert beneath the highway at Chimacum Creek. The full closure minimizes the environmental footprint of the project.
It also shortens the overall construction timeline.
Once the culvert is removed, crews will install a large box culvert. This new structure will remove the barrier to fish. Workers will also restore stream habitat to enhance fish migration.
The work at Chimacum Creek is part of a larger effort to remove fish barriers at several sites along the North Olympic Peninsula <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdot.wa.gov%2Fconstr
uction-planning%2Fsearch-projects%2Fus-101-sr-116-north-olympic-peninsula-remove-fish-barriers/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/H8dcVJwoWDgmqFNUieyctIByAmMb7_-4HUsw9agA7
m8=452> .
The detour
Travelers will be able to access the other side of the closure using Rhody Drive, Chimacum Road and Irondale Road.
About fish passage
The work is an important part of the state's efforts to protect and restore fish runs. Since 1991, WSDOT has worked to improve fish passage <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdot.wa.g
ov%2Fconstruction-planning%2Fprotecting-environment%2Ffish-passage%2Fimproving-fish-passage/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/S8RFKMc16MOo7Oaauy2Mm0PPOiLVnbrfLQLrqV4KLgs=
452> and foster healthy waterways by removing barriers under its highways. In addition to WSDOT’s ongoing work to correct statewide barriers, a 2013 federal court injunction requires
the state to correct culverts that create barriers for salmon and steelhead to improve passage within the injunction area in western Washington.
Travelers can receive email updates <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fpublic.govdelivery.com%2Faccounts%2FWADOT%2Fsubscriber%2Fnew%3Ftopic_id=WADOT_542/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274
-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/i7drg8LdvmAVbxcqvXHO1Zey8uNl94pE16Xy57uZ5O8=452> about road work on state highways in Jefferson and Clallam Counties. Real-time information is available
via the WSDOT app <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdot.wa.gov%2Ftravel%2Fmobile-app-and-social-media/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/xvAMVRolaBrttrVy
uKDHJ50kNu4jijAThD2kIrNMQSA=452> and WSDOT Travel Center Map <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdot.com%2FTravel%2FReal-time%2FMap%2F/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316c
bf4d99d-000000/vnsx4ybkpPZX8CFPRaquCDf0-rWuMM6YHYl8x1h_BNw=452> .
Hyperlinks within the release:
*
Shotwell Place and Chimacum Creek Drive: youtube.com/watch?v=84jNPtr2-qI <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv=84jNPtr2-qI/2/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415
a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/rSymk8GdeIMs8Wn5PMmlmqzuDzqe7xFLtTGnjxYtjNY=452>
*
Signs will lead travelers: wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-02/2024_0223b_ChimacumFish_DetourMap.jpg?itok=k-Qoa4us <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsd
ot.wa.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fmax_650x650%2Fpublic%2F2024-02%2F2024_0223b_ChimacumFish_DetourMap.jpg%3Fitok=k-Qoa4us/2/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/6V
vwvMVz0dYgyNquCcmyRaS8q2ywUEdk4DpxzhBMKrM=452>
*
North Olympic Peninsula: wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-projects/us-101-sr-116-north-olympic-peninsula-remove-fish-barriers <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdot.wa.gov%2
Fconstruction-planning%2Fsearch-projects%2Fus-101-sr-116-north-olympic-peninsula-remove-fish-barriers/2/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/F3O0BheyIegDdE7RkX50NEiS7U1UHiUP3o
fV58tLAnc=452>
*
Improve fish passage: wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/protecting-environment/fish-passage/improving-fish-passage <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdot.wa.gov%2Fconstruction-plann
ing%2Fprotecting-environment%2Ffish-passage%2Fimproving-fish-passage/2/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/Ix81k8YMIdoYqKiQIY_66YffYtINQZXy16gP9Ki-5Gs=452>
*
Email updates: public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WADOT/subscriber/new?topic_id=WADOT_542 <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fpublic.govdelivery.com%2Faccounts%2FWADOT%2Fsubscriber%2Fnew%3
Ftopic_id=WADOT_542/2/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/W-8L9eF9GzcSv8bMLQHDOk9Zh05MSJOsDwinMVCt2S8=452>
*
WSDOT app: wsdot.wa.gov/travel/mobile-app-and-social-media <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdot.wa.gov%2Ftravel%2Fmobile-app-and-social-media/2/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-
b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/-JqzldTQ13Y-vkQjKFno67n638UF4yXxelIa7EfcmGw=452>
*
WSDOT Travel Center Map: wsdot.com/Travel/Real-time/Map/ <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdot.com%2FTravel%2FReal-time%2FMap%2F/2/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d
99d-000000/FNpQX_jCxgYFRqHcHF06UOvxyssMh2B81B_2YeGtShs=452>
###
WSDOT keeps people, businesses and the economy moving by operating and improving the state's transportation systems. To learn more about what we're doing, go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/news
<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.wsdot.wa.gov%2Fnews/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/8h92Yqv5ZqrJiRHDlSy8iB2ur858yXbupULZxcAP7TQ=452>
for pictures, videos, news and blogs. Real-time traffic information is available at wsdot.com/traffic <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.wsdot.com%2Ftraffic%2Fdefault.aspx/1/01000
19fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/Lrn_0A4N6xXCo8nWwYdqXyBViURpDXOOiqIrrOP1x5E=452> .
STAY CONNECTED
<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwsdotblog.blogspot.com%2F/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/5tY1_HKse1d-zCilbGMUT9BzcaCHoNElHs4p9mh_F38=452>
<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWSDOT/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/cJT6KiOaAS_3p_6CVM3A5bPus8zNUbNUKnmdDTJ4ZzI=452>
<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F@washingtonstatedot/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/Z0tExTfXiGHdt-CDZhcYmGxIMlaxbv09QsEhiCD9E9A=45
2> <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.wsdot.wa.gov%2Fnews%2Frss.xml/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/_zhKr0YkYDS5FZEV4aOpWlzsyEeeS1EMc-evxeteII8=452
> <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fwsdot%2F/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/akvuZ4mvCnikCn6WPxeRSrUpLkhoQFmWgws1ClwNvH0=452>
<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwsdot/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/pzxa_5jN0iPBwwlygDH351IIOo15Y0RcNVBP0DCF9jg=452>
<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fservice.govdelivery.com%2Fservice%2Fmulti_subscribe.html%3Fcode=WADOT/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/IuowFtgIKQICH
L1vdwatI-yiQQnDcr8lK3928MzsHiY=452>
SUBSCRIBER SERVICES
Manage preferences <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fpublic.govdelivery.com%2Faccounts%2FWADOT%2Fsubscriber%2Fedit%3Fpreferences=true%23tab1/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-
4316cbf4d99d-000000/lEId-ihDVK_6f1LxMnu1-ksQ6XpITL-cVE0lKVqoGGQ=452> | Unsubscribe <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fpublic.govdelivery.com%2Faccounts%2FWADOT%2Fsubscriber%2Fone_c
lick_unsubscribe%3Fverification=5.48e33d5acd12c959ea5c90c44743ed52%26destination=jeffbocc%2540co.jefferson.wa.us/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/8l87RMoqfpKfBx8tHa_DEsf
vi2Bcj0rAKwdWySaECJs=452> | Help <https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fsubscriberhelp.govdelivery.com%2F/1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/Z8YEybPPzJPT_PZ
H8xRxJ_vkagyziBDh1ClChAOloGI=452>
This email was sent to jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us using Granicus Communications Cloud on behalf of: Washington State Department of Transportation 310 Maple Park Ave SE · Olympia, WA
98504
<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CI1/0100019fedcc7e60-fd219e16-d274-415a-b1bc-4316cbf4d99d-000000/Kns2vtiJZZjgbDnDC0pWkDiVYBCKllTvnoK7hf0tJmY=452>
,P-R-1563945-1-8,P-R-1128630-1-7,P-R-1098412-1-5,P-R-1091267-1-59,P-R-81720-1-2,P-R-58406-1-5,P-D-50697-2-4,P-D-29719-1-1,P-D-29718-1-1,P-D-29593-7-6